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Trademark Usage Policy

Version: 1.0.

Effective date: July 15, 2025.

Sync-in® is a registered trademark.

The Sync-in software is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPL v3). This policy exclusively governs the use of the Sync-in® trademark, its logo, its visual identity, and its official brand elements.

The AGPL v3 does not grant any right to use Sync-in trademarks, logos, or other official brand elements, except as expressly provided by this policy or by applicable law. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

The Sync-in software is free software. The Sync-in trademark is not. Anyone may use, modify, redistribute, or operate the software in accordance with the AGPL v3. However, the freedoms granted by the AGPL v3 apply exclusively to the software and do not authorize the use of Sync-in official brand elements as distinctive signs for a product, service, or commercial activity.

This policy is intended to protect the Sync-in brand identity while preserving the freedoms granted by the AGPL v3. It aims to ensure that the public can clearly identify distributions, services, and communications officially published or authorized by Sync-in.

Definitions​

In this policy:

  • Sync-in trademark means the Sync-in® name, registered or unregistered trademarks owned by Sync-in, and any sign likely to create confusion with them.
  • Logo means any official graphical representation of the Sync-in trademark.
  • Visual identity means the official colors, typography, icons, illustrations, graphical elements, and other visual characteristics of Sync-in.
  • Official brand elements means all distinctive signs enabling the public to identify a distribution, software, service, or communication as originating from Sync-in or as authorized by Sync-in, including the trademark, logos, icons, favicons, illustrations, graphical themes, user interface elements, brand guidelines, and any other visual identification element associated with Sync-in.

Permitted Uses Under the AGPL​

This policy does not limit the rights granted by the AGPL v3 over the software code itself. It governs only the use of the Sync-in trademark, logo, visual identity, and official brand elements as distinctive signs.

The Sync-in name may be used only to the extent strictly necessary to identify the original software distributed under the AGPL v3, or to indicate that a modified version or fork is derived from it. Such use must remain descriptive, fair, accurate, and compliant with applicable law. It must not imply an official version, endorsement, certification, partnership, or affiliation with Sync-in.

The official brand elements are intended to identify distributions, services, and communications officially published or authorized by Sync-in.

Faithful redistribution of an unmodified official distribution may keep the official brand elements when it is presented as such and creates no confusion as to its origin.

The presence of the Sync-in trademark, official brand elements, or any other distinctive sign in the source code, binaries, container images, packages, interfaces, files, or documentation does not constitute a trademark license or authorization to use those elements as distinctive signs for a product, service, or activity.

Commercial Uses and Third-Party Offerings​

This policy does not prohibit commercial use, hosting, support, integration, or operation of the software itself in accordance with the AGPL v3.

Any use of the Sync-in trademark, logo, visual identity, or official brand elements as distinctive signs for a product, service, offering, commercial activity, or commercial communication requires a trademark license, partnership agreement, or other prior written authorization from Sync-in, except where such use is expressly authorized by this policy or by applicable law.

This includes, in particular, their use:

  • in advertising or commercial communications;
  • in a hosting, cloud, SaaS, or managed service offering;
  • in a support, integration, consulting, or training offering;
  • as the name of a product, service, or offering;
  • as the name of a company, organization, trade name, or domain name;
  • in any other commercial identifier intended to distinguish an activity or offering.

Anyone offering to the public a commercial offering based on the Sync-in software, a modified version, or a fork, without a trademark license, partnership agreement, or other prior written authorization from Sync-in, may not use Sync-in official brand elements as distinctive signs for that offering, except to the extent strictly necessary for the descriptive uses authorized by this policy or by applicable law.

Accordingly, such an offering must be presented under its own trademark, name, logo, visual identity, and domain name, in a way that avoids any confusion as to its origin, official status, or the existence of an endorsement, certification, partnership, or affiliation with Sync-in.

Permitted Descriptive Uses​

Nothing in this policy limits uses of the Sync-in trademark expressly permitted under applicable law.

Truthful and necessary references to Sync-in are permitted when they are used exclusively to identify the software or inform the public, including to indicate compatibility, interoperability, information, research, education, comparison, criticism, or commentary.

Such references must remain fair, proportionate, and accurate, and must not constitute the commercial identifier of the offering. They must not create confusion as to the origin of the product or service, or imply an endorsement, certification, affiliation, or partnership with Sync-in.

Prohibited Uses​

Except with a trademark license, partnership agreement, or other prior written authorization from Sync-in, or in cases expressly authorized by this policy or by applicable law, it is prohibited, in particular, to:

  • use the Sync-in trademark, official brand elements, or any element likely to be perceived as a Sync-in distinctive sign to identify, promote, or distinguish a third-party offering;
  • use the Sync-in trademark in the name of a product, service, company, trade name, commercial social media account, or domain name;
  • use the official logo or any other official brand element to identify or promote a third-party offering;
  • keep Sync-in official brand elements in a commercial offering when those elements are likely to suggest that the offering is official, authorized, or affiliated with Sync-in;
  • create a presentation likely to cause confusion with Sync-in;
  • present yourself as an official Sync-in partner, distributor, reseller, representative, or service provider without a trademark license, partnership agreement, or other prior written authorization.

Authorizations, Trademark Licenses, and Partnerships​

Any individual or organization wishing to use the Sync-in trademark beyond the cases authorized by this policy may request a trademark license, enter into a partnership agreement, or request another written authorization from Sync-in.

Any authorization granted under this section, including through a trademark license or partnership agreement, is personal, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-transferable, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Trademark Protection​

Any use of the Sync-in trademark, logo, visual identity, or official brand elements in violation of this policy or applicable law may constitute an infringement of Sync-in's intellectual property rights, including trademark infringement, unfair competition, or free-riding.

Registered Trademarks​

France (INPI)

  • Registered Trademark No. 3953100
  • Registered Trademark No. 5084547
  • Registered Trademark No. 5170642